Good harvests reported
HARRISBURG
Pennsylvania’s 1976 corn for
grain crop is still expected to
produce 100,320,000 bushels
on conditions November 1,
according to the Penn
sylvania Crop Reporting
Service.
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GEORGE ANTHONY & SONS GALEN R. FETZER
Straustown, PA Lewisburg. Penna.
215-488-6211 717-523-1482
JOSEPH LAYERS
Rising Sun, Maryland
301-658-4381
BAUMGARTNER
ENTERPRISES
Kunkletown, Penna,
717-629-0471
ELMER K.BEILER
Lancaster. Pa
717-392-9579
JOHN BLAH
Robesonia, Penna
215-693-3206
THEODORE BLEW
Remington, NI
201-782-9618
LUTHER BITTNER
Catawissa, Penna
717-799-5502
LEON 6. BRODT
Ackermanville, Penna
215-588-3264
IVAN BURKHOLDER
Danville, Penna
717-437-2212
JACOB BURKHOLDER
Denver, Penna
215-267 6692
CHRIST ESH
Honeybrook, Penna
215 942-2657
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This production figure
would exceed last year by 13
per cent, due mostly to the
prospective yield of 88
bushels per acre. Thus far,
weather has not favored
harvest, but farm operators
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NORMAN T. DEMPSEY
Newark, Delaware
302-239-5351
W. H. DREIBELBIS & SONS
Rt 1, Shoemakersville, PA
215-562-4585
GORDON FLICKINGER
Union Bridge, MD
301-775-7394
HARVEY J.FRISTOE
Forest Hill, Md
301-879-3341
ROBERT GEIGER
Germanville, Penna
215-767-2490
DAVID C. COVER
1 utherville Md
301-252-3235
PAULHANNUM
Chester Springs, Pa
215 363-7655
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Harleysville. PA
215-256-9201
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still expect an excellent
crop.
Potato production is
forecast at 7.1 million
hundredweight, five per cent
above the 1975 crop m
Pennsylvania. Acres for
harvest are off 1,000 from
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PHILLIP JOHNSON
Goshen, N.Y
914-651-7021
W. DAVID KELLER
Hummelstown, Penna
717-566-0529
LEHMAN’S FEED MILL
York Springs, PA
717-528-4151
EMORY MARTIN
Waynesboro, Penna
215-762-2088
WILLIAM A. MACKIE
Elkton Md
301-398-3356
MELVIN MAST
Oxford Pa.
215-932-4296
CLYDE MEYER
Annviile Pa.
717-867-2863
MONTGOMERY-BUCKS
FARM BUREAU
Souderton, PA
215-723-4355
JOHN 0. RINEERJR
Mountville Penna
717-299-4604
WILSON H. ROHRBACH
Mertztown, Penna
215-682-2231
JAMES PAUCH
Frenchtown, New Jersey
201-996-4357
JOSEPH H. SCHOTT
Lebanon. Penna
717-273-3506
JOHN SCHWARTZ
Erwmna, Penna
215-294-9377
GLENN SHAFFER
Bloomsburg, PA
717-784-6799
WILLIAM STAHL
Loysville, Penna.
717-789-3244
SAMUELSTOLTZFUS
Fleetwood, Penna.
215-944-7808
WILLIAM VANTOL
Tamaqua, Penna.
717-386-4853
TYRONE WEHRY
Pitman, Penna
717 648-9007
MARVIN WRIGLEY
Cochranville Penna
215 869 9267
DAVIDS. ZIMMERMAN
Quarryville, Penna
717-786 7960
last year, but expected yield
of 255 hundredweight per
acre is 20 hundredweight
above a year ago.
Pennsylvania’s tobacco
production is forecast at 23.1
million pounds, 17 per cent
increase from last year,
unchanged from last mon
th’s forecast.
Production of summer
cabbage for fresh market
from the forecasted 1600
acres for harvest is expected
to total 368,000 hun
dredweight. Yield per acre is
forecast at 230 hun
dredweight for 1976. These
Milk prices projected
BALTIMORE, Md.
Economists at Maryland
Cooperative Milk Producers,
here, have projected milk
prices for the coming
months. All prices quoted
below are per hun
dredweight, FOB Baltimore,
3.5 per cent butterfat.
The cooperative sees the
Minnesota-Wisconsin
manufacturer’s price series
as remaining at its .present
level of $8.06 through March
of next year. The average for
1976 is expected to be $8.45,
which compares with $7.62
for last year’s average, and
$7.06 for the 1974 tally.
The Class I price'average
for the year is pegged at
$11.38 by MCMP economists.
That’s up from $10.04 for
both 1975 and 1974. The
November price, which has
already been announced, is
$11.24. Next month it is
expected to drop by 20 cents,
followed by an additional 20
cent drop in January. The
$10.84 price is expected to
hold its own through March.
Class II prices are
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, Nov. 20,1976
figures are equal to last
year’s acreage, yield and
production. Total value of
the 1976 crop is forecast at
$1,427,000, down 10 per cent
from the 1975 crop value of
$1,568,000.
Pennsylvania’s sweet com
acreage for harvest for fresh
market is forecast at 11,900,
up seven per cent from 1975
levels. Yield of sweet com is
forecast at 80 hundredweight
per acre, equal to the 1975
yield, and production is
expected to total 952,000
hundredweight up seven per
cent from the 1975 crop.-
Total value for this year’s
sweet com is forecast at
$8,092,000, an increase of 10
per cent from last year.
predicted to be $8.14 for the
remainder of this year, then
dropping to $B.ll and $B.lO,
respectively, for the first two
months of 1977. The March
price has been pegged at
$8.03. The average Class II
price for 1976 is likely to end
up at $8.47, which compares
with $7.64 for all of last year
and $6.83 for the year before.
The percentage of
utilization for Class I and
Class II milk is expected to
shift by two or three per
centage points, with the plus
shift going to the Class II
side. The drop will occur in
December, after which it
will remain fairly stable or
increase slightly. This will
cause the blend price for the
month to dip below the $lO.OO
mark, where it is likely to
remain for the first few
months of 1977.
Base milk will be paid
$10.38 per hundredweight
this month, according to
MCMP figuring. That
compares with $10.13 for
December, $9.98 for Jan. ‘77,
$10.02 for Feb. ‘77, and $9.81
United States forecasts for
com as of November 1 show
production at a record 6,063
million bushels, up three per
cent (198 million bushels)
from the October 1 forecast,
and up five per cent from the
1975 crop.
United States’ production
of com, sorgum, oats and
barley is forecast at 188
million metric tons as of
November 1, up three per
cent from last year.
Production of U.S. tobacco
is expected to be 2,071
million pounds, up 21 million
pounds from October 1, but
five per cent below the
previous year’s crop. Flue
cured production is down
eight per cent and the barley
crop is down one per cent
from last year.
for March of 1977. The
average price for base milk
this year is estimated to fall
in at around $10.48. A year
ago it averaged $9.34, and in
1974 it was $9.05. Prices for
surplus milk are likely to
drop to $8.29 for last month
(compared to $8.49 for
September deliveries) and
will drop to $8.09 this month,
the MCMP figures show.
January of 1977 will see
another five-cent dip,
followed by a drop of a penny
the following month, and a
low of $7.96 in March of 1377.
The average price paid for
surplus milk in 1976 is
estimated to be $8.42. In 1975
it was $7.59, and the year
before it was $6.78.
BASIS OF PROJECTIONS
1. That the current support
price for Cheddar cheese
will remain in effect
through March 1977 but
that the Minnesota-
Wisconsin price will fall
below support level by 20
cents-cwt beginning in
November 1978.
2. That Federal Order No. 4
milk deliveries for the
fourth quarter of 1976 and
the first quarter of 1977
will reflect a normal
seasonal pattern from
September 1976 levels.
3. That Federal Order No. 4
Class I sales will continue
through March 1977 at
September level adjusted
for normal seasonal sales
patterns and calendar
composition.
4. That there will be no
further abnormally large
transfers of Federal
Order No. 2 producers to
the Federal Order No. 4
market.
USDA okays
meat imports
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The
U. S. Department of
Agriculture is adding the
Republic of China - Taiwan -
to the list of countries
eligible to ship meat to the
United States, effective Dec.
5, 1976.
Officials of USDA’s
Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service (APHIS)
said this amendment of
federal meat inspection
regulations is based on
Taiwan having a meat in
spection system with
standards equal to those of
the U. S. meat inspection
program. This deter
mination followed a point-by
point examination of
Taiwan’s meat inspection
laws and regulations, as well
as on-site reviews of im
spection procedures.
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